Job Description

• Manage the Outsource processes, outputs, and resources to ensure customer OTIF and enhanced customer satisfaction within operation budgets.
• Lead supplier development, supplier negotiations, RFQs, and Category strategy for major suppliers.
• Optimize Factory utilization, Demand-, Inventory- and Supply parameters by managing the IBP Process.

Master Planning and Supplier management

• Manage the creation of the Outsource factory masterplan, including relevant Supply agreement, Demand and Supply Planning, Buying, Production schedules, Logistics, QA/QC, Warehouse and MRP across the value chain.
• Balance demand and supply effectively to achieve strategic goals.
• Plan to minimize effects of supply constraints.
• Develop and oversee capacity planning activities for sales and operations planning, master scheduling, marketing application timelines, materials requirement planning, scheduling at outsourced factories.
• Optimize parameters across the value chain to unlock value.
• Prepare input and participate in weekly and monthly IBP processes.

End-to-End Coordination and reporting

• Provide internal stakeholders (AQA, Finance, Logistics) with monthly and quarterly inbound order forecasts to ensure adequate planning for their activities.
• Manage, prepare, and facilitate the monthly supply point reviews.
• Drive the adherence to key KPIs including budgeted, planned, and actual OTIF, ATP, Freight cost and recoveries.
• Continuously liaise with CMOxe2x80x99s and LSPxe2x80x99s to attain best value for the organization.
• Synchronize shipments to ensure monthly sales and recoveries plan attainment.

Risk and Controls

• Assist quality teams to obtain products needed to conduct finished product testing.
• Coordinate product trials and samples.
• Identify supply deficits, capacity constraints and under-loaded schedules and highlight recoveries-related financial risks and critical materials shortages.
• Ensure delivery terms are met and that correct documentation per shipment.
• Maintain and report on adherence to internal and external compliance requirements.
• Actively reduce third-party risk exposure.

Value chain optimization and continuous improvement

• Develop and manage master data from all value chain units to create optimization.
• Optimize processes, parameters, identify gaps in policies, procedures, and legislation, and propose changes or improvements to management.

Team Co-ordination and Continuous Improvement

• Develop, review and update SOPxe2x80x99s and work instructions in line with the evolution of business unit processes.
• Conduct training, coaching and performance reviews.
• Implement process improvements to reduce lead-times and eliminate non-value-adding activities.
• Collaborate with all stakeholders to generate alternatives and find solutions.
• Management of end-to-end relevant audits (e.g., internal audits)

Financial and Inventory and Management

• Provide input into budget preparation.
• Implement and continuously review effective inventory control systems for the business unit.
• Inventory management for stock held at CMOxe2x80x99s and Cycle Counts/Stock take including stock provisions for write off.

Skills Required

Background/experience

• 7 years' experience in a Supply Chain, Procurement or Planning role.
• Experience in a pharmaceutical/FMCG manufacturing environment
• 3-year degree in Procurement, Logistics or Engineering, or a related discipline

Specific job skills

• Computer literacy: proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and ERP system
• Solid understanding of S&OP/IBP
• Understanding of manufacturing, RA, QA, import, and export requirements impacting the Supply Chain
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes and operations environment
• End to end understanding of Supply Chain operations in Plan, Source, Make and Deliver.

Competencies

• Taking Action
• Managing Performance
• Planning and Organizing
• Customer Awareness
• Interrogating Information

Aspen Pharmacare